iPod's Success Creates Another Secondary Market
from the 90-days-same-as-cash dept
Along with the booming accessory market, strong iPod sales are creating another growing secondary market: used iPods. Analysts say that about a third of iPod buyers are repeat customers, and more and more of them are selling their old hardware or trading it when when they get a new one. Trade-in deals are becoming increasingly common, with many retailers offering better deals than the 10 percent discount Apple offers -- then turning around and selling the old models at a profit. Wonder if Apple will try to take a chunk of revenues from this iPod-related business, too, or if they'd prefer to just try to shut down used iPod sellers altogether.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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the music industry should learn from this, and start asking to make additional profit from used cd retailers... "Moby Disc", "Second Spin", Amazon, eBay and those alike should all start paying up.
yeah it sounds ridiculous... but too far fetched for the big businesses to do? probably not
(read sarcasm)Levi Jeans now wants a cut of the profit on each RESALE of their clothing from second-hand stores.
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Seems if you wiped the iPod clean you should be able to sell it.
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the report is misleading
i pod was never quet in the pice. there for its only games and theory.
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I don't think Apple will care
Plus people who get used to using their used iPod will get hooked a spring for the brand new latest greatest later on.
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iPods great targets for TSA thiefs
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